Implicit theories, attributions, and coping: A meaning system approach

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 588-599

  Hong, Ying Yi ^a   Dweck, Carol S ^b   Chiu, Chi Yue ^c   Lin, Derrick M S ^c   Wan, Wendy ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039697070     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.3.588     Document Type: Article

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